Kim Hanley is a fine actor, singer, costumer and dancer. She trained and danced from an early age with the School of American Ballet and the Eglevsky Ballet in New York, as well as with the visiting Bolshoi Ballet and Stuttgart Ballet. She credits her dance background and in-depth high school acting courses, including daily vocal labs and onstage work, for her ability to rise to any occasion when performing. In addition to her dance background, Ms. Hanley is an accomplished costumer whose specialty is historical fashion
Kim began interpreting Abigail with AHT from 1997 and now has added Abigail Adams, Betsy Ross, Molly Pitcher, Alice Roosevelt and Annie Oakley, to her retinue. Ms. Hanley has appeared at the White House Visitors Center, National Archives, National Portrait Gallery, and many others.
Characters portrayed by Kim Hanley:
1700’s: Abigail Adams, Dorothy Quincy Hancock, Annis Boudinot Stockton, Betsy Ross, Molly Pitcher,
1800’s: Mary Pickersgill, Eliza Goodfellow, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Annie Oakley,
1900’s: Alice Roosevelt, Alice Roosevelt’s Maid: Anna, Grace Coolidge, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, The Harvey Girls: Go West